Why did Negroponte do what he did? Why was this necessary? The idea of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) was born in 1999‚ as Professor Nicholas Negroponte was visiting a Cambodian rural village school previously established by him and his wife. By letting children play with some Panasonic “Toughbook” laptops‚ Negroponte experienced the power of change that could be brought about by laptops. He was impressed by how “it changed their lives in several ways‚ improving self-esteem and empowerment and fulfilling
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Examine the reasons that led Oracle‚ one of the world’s leading software companies‚ acquire PeopleSoft. There are several reasons that made Oracle to acquire PeopleSoft. First‚ Oracle wanted to acquire PeopleSoft so that they can become stronger in developing the products that the company had difficulties developing. It was already evident that PeopleSoft was already developing some products that had not match within the software market. For example‚ PeopleSoft had advanced customer relationship
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Table of Contents Introduction History of the Microsoft Company History of the Yahoo Company Merger Conclusion Reference Introduction Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on approximately equal terms into one new legal entity called merger. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of
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the day that I have been dreading to come and I cannot believe that it is finally here. Being out with Katniss is just about the only thing to calm me down and hide my nerves. Walking around the district today just has me realize how horrible everything has truly become. After being with Katniss this afternoon I started really begin freaking out. I told her that she would be fine and that she had nothing to worry about but on a day like this that isn’t possible‚ nobody is in the clear on the day
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When Columbus "discovered" America‚ there was no corn on board the Nina‚ Pinta or Santa Maria. Before 1492‚ no one living in Europe ate corn cakes‚ corn bread or corn pudding. They didn’t know corn existed. Up to this time‚ corn grew only in the Americas. Scientists believe corn was originally cultivated by Indians in the highlands of Mexico thousands of years ago. The Indians discovered that corn was good to eat and very nutritious. As Indian groups migrated north they brought corn with them
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What was their philosophy? How did they express it in literature? 2. How did the transcendentalists attempt to apply their beliefs to the problems of everyday life at Brook Farm? What was the result? 3. What other utopian schemes were put forth during this period? How did these utopian societies propose to reorder society to create a better way of life? 4. How did the antebellum utopian communities attempt to redefine gender roles? Which communities were most active in this effort
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INTRODUCTION Microsoft is to acquire Nokia ’s mobile phone arm in a swansong deal for the software giant ’s long-serving chief executive‚ Steve Ballmer‚ delivering Europe ’s last big handset maker into American ownership. For €5.44bn (£4.6bn)‚ Nokia is casting off the business that once represented Finland ’s most important export‚ in a deal that will result in 32‚000 staff transferring to Microsoft. Overtaken in the smartphone arena by Apple and Samsung‚ Nokia ’s board agreed to end the company
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Zappos Zappos was founded by Nick Swinmurn in 1999. The initial inspiration came when he couldn’t find a pair of brown Airwalks at his local mall. That same year‚ Swinmurn approached Tony Hsieh and Alfred Lin with the idea of selling shoes online. The company was officially launched in June 1999‚ under the original domain name "ShoeSite.com. A few months after their launch‚ the company ’s name was changed from ShoeSite to Zappos so as not to limit itself
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over took my body. The war that we all prepared for was here‚ the one we read in our holy books‚ the one which many people spoke about but didn’t prepare themselves for. It was looked upon as a myth‚ but for us it spiraled around fusing itself with time‚ making the war between worlds reality. Nothing that I was grown to know‚ or to believe‚ was true today. As a nonbeliever‚ I was made to believe that nothing existed outside of Earth. I didn’t believe in God‚ I believed in science‚ in what I could see
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Do You Believe In Aliens Are we alone or do you believe in aliens? Most people would say no in public‚ but in truth most do believe. A survey was taken of 29 people; they were asked one to three questions depending on their answer. Question # 1‚ “Do you believe aliens exist?” out of 29 people asked 24 said yes‚ they do believe aliens exist. Those 24 went on to the next question‚ Question # 2‚ “Do you believe aliens have visited Earth (even if just to fly past)?” of the 24 that
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